CVE-2022-40694 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in News Announcement Scroll plugin <= 8.8.8 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00153.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Storeapps	News Announcement Scroll

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:storeapps:news_announcement_scroll:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43965	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in News Announcement Scroll plugin <= 8.8.8 on WordPress.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 9.0.0 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/news-announcement-scroll/wordpress-news-announcement-scroll-plugin-8-8-8-auth-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-17T22:17:27.196834Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:39:23.704Z

Reserved: 2022-09-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-40694

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-17T23:15:21.017

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:52.257

Link: CVE-2022-40694

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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